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Jared Huffman: But to use a broad brush, as this Administration used Lafayette Square, that everybody that was in that place and that…

On the recordMay 31, 2020
But to use a broad brush, as this Administration used Lafayette Square, that everybody that was in that place and that Square were criminals, anarchists, and bent on destruction of Federal assets and attacking Federal police--in this instance, the Park Service--I believe that is absolutely false.
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Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

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Criticizing the administration's labeling of protesters as criminals during the Lafayette Square incident.

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